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I'd like to know the same thing. I have to get a new set of headers, and I can get the plan ones for $200. I can't afford the ceramic ones. Surely, there is a decent spray on coating out there.
In the spirit of keeping things cheap while doing upgrades to my Bronco, I pulled a set of headers from my local junkyard. I had planned on just finding someone to blast them for me and then rattle canning some high temp paint on them for a cheap set of headers. The place that blasted them for me convinced me to have them powder coat them with high temp powder coat. I don't know how well it will hold up, but I will find out! It'd be interesting to see how that Zycoat thermal coating holds up, you should test it for us. lol
Here are my headers at the moment. All in I'm at under $150 with buying the headers and getting them blasted and powder coated.
Beautiful color! Great look for sure.
I've been hearing about high-temp powders for years, but have never used any myself. Even when I worked at a coater, we sent most of the high-temp stuff like headers off to have them Cermakrome coated by a local company we worked with. So I never got to try out the powders.
I don't believe they're a thermal barrier coating though, which is the advantage of the ceramic coatings. But if it holds up and looks that good for a few years, it'll be worth it.
Certainly at that price it's already worth it!
Hopefully your high temp powdercoat holds up. I had a set of FPA headers made, decided to try powerdercoat. It burnt off within a year. Dont know if it was my fault or theirs.You may want to run it through heat cycles.
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